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April 25, 1933. M. KLIEM NEWSPAPER STAND Filed May 2 3, 1931 ,&

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Patented Apr. 25, 1933 UNITED STATES MAX KLIEM, or rnlrzraennlymnr NEWSPAPER s'rAitn Q i if Application filed May 23, 1931, Serial No. 539,616, and in Germany September 3, 1930.

This invention relates to a newspaper stand for use in restaurants and the like, and the invention consists in the combination with a plurality of rod shaped newspaper holders of known type, of acabinet having an open front and means for carrying said holders side by side in a vertical, rearwardly' inclined position with the newspapers situated inside the cabinet.

This arrangement has the advantage that the untidiness usually accompanying the ordinary newspaper racks will disappear. Moreover, a better preservation of the newspapers will be obtained and it will be easier to find any particular newspaper.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a front view of the cabinet,

Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a part side view in section on an enlarged scale,

Fig. 4-. is a rear view of the top of a holder, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cabinet.

The newspaper stand comprises a cabinet having side walls a and b, a rear wall h, and a top 0. Connected by means of screws is to a batten situated underneath the top 0, is a channel rail 71 which serves as a suspension for a plurality of rod-shaped newspaper holders Z to which the newspapers are clamped in known manner. At one end of each holder there is a handle Z and at the other end there is a hook Z adapted to engage over the lip i of the suspension rail. The 35 hook Z is formed on a metal strip a secured to the holder. Near the handle Z the holder has a recess 37 whereby it rests against the edge of a ledge f which projects beyond the vertical plane of the suspension rail and thus maintains the holders, which are arranged side by side, in a rearwardly inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2, the newspapers me being situated inside the cabinet. The upper portions of the side walls a, b are extended 45 so that their edges d, e are flush with the suspended newspaper holders and overhang the lower portion 9 of the cabinet. Thus, when all the holders are in position on the cabinet, the newspapers will be entirely covered up within the space enclosed by the holders and the cabinet walls including the ledge 7.

Each holder is formed with a recess 0 for the accommodation of a suspension rail. The shoulder formed by said recess acts as an abutment which prevents the holder from leaving the suspension rail until the lower end thereof has been swung out from the normal position. This arrangement enables any holder to be taken out from the stand without risk of pushing adjacent holders 0E 16. the suspension rail.

Buttons g may be applied to the backs of the holders for the reception of numerals or other identification marks for the different newspapers. names of the newspapers and their identification marks, may be hung up close to the cabinet as an aid to the finding of any particular newspaper. V

The lower part of the cabinet may be provided with shelves 8 for the reception of directories and the like, and also with pigeon holes 7* for the reception of periodicals.

The cabinet may be made high enough to hold two rows of newspapers, one above the other. In this case the buttons 9 of the top row are arranged near the handles Z and those of the lower row near the tops of the holders so that all can be easily read.

I claim:

1. A newspaper stand comprising a cabinet having an open front, a horizontal channel rail at the top of the cabinet, a horizontal ledge projecting from the median partas of the cabinet beyond the vertical plane of said rail and overhanging the lower part of the cabinet, the side wall portions of the cabinet between said rail and said ledge having straight, inclined edges situated in 9 0 A list, containing the $5.

a plane which covers the rail as well as the ledge.

2. The cabinet claimed in claim 1 in combination with rod-shaped newspaper holders 5 having hooked ends adapted to be suspended by means of the hooks from the rail and to rest against the ledge 3. The cabinet claimed in claim 1 in combination with rod-shaped newspaper hold- 1 ers having hooked ends adapted to be suspended by means of the hooks from the rail and to rest against the ledge, each holder being recessed under the hook to accommodate the suspension rail and form a shoul- 15 der which normally interlocks with the rail.

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